I have seen several examples of animals being attracted to a Yogi/saint. Several years ago Baba Shivarudra Balayogi was staying in our home. One night a mother raccoon with 3 of her young came to the front door to steal food from the cat's bowl. The door is full glass and we could see them eating. Baba squatted down and put the palm of his hand against the glass. The mother coon immediately stopped eating and placed the palm of her own paw on the glass, as if high fiving Baba's hand. Baba repeated this three more times. Twice the coon put her paw against the glass and the third time literally placed her own head on the glass as if receiving a benediction. There is a photograph of this I will post if I can find it. I decided to test my own degree of saintliness and put the palm of my hand against the glass. The mother coon began to growl. Served me right.

The next year when Baba came back for another visit we were walking along a nearby road for exercise. A wild cotton tailed rabbit jumped out of a hay field within two feet of us, made a 180 degree turn and hopped beside us as we walked down the road. These are not impressive tales of lions and tigers but they are true.